http://www.joshbrews.com Linux and Beer Brews Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:31:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I bottled carboy #1 this afternoon/evening. Beer temperature during bottling was @ 67F. I targeted 2.6 Volumes of CO2 for carbonation. This calculated out to 5.0 ounces of corn sugar for the 5.5 gallons of beer in carboy #1. The priming solution was made with 2 cups of water plus ... http://www.joshbrews.com/?p=233 I bottled Carboy #2 last night. Beer temperature during bottling was @ 69F. I targeted 2.6 Volumes of CO2 for carbonation. This calculated out to 4.09 ounces of corn sugar for the 4.5 gallon of beer in carboy #1. The priming solution was made with 2 cups of water plus ... http://www.joshbrews.com/?p=232 I racked carboy #1 to secondary. SG was 1.016@74.8F(1.018 corrected). It tastes more like a porter than carboy #2. Carboy #2 tastes more sweet. http://www.joshbrews.com/?p=231 I racked carboy #2 to secondary. SG was 1.016@75.6F(1.018 corrected). It tasted very much like a brown ale. Not like a porter at all. I plan on racking Carboy #2 either today or tomorrow. http://www.joshbrews.com/?p=230 12.00 lb Maris Otter(UK) 3.00 lb Pale Malt, Muntons 2.00 lb Pale Ale Malt 2-Row 1.00 lb Caramel Malt - 20L 1.00 lb Caramel Malt - 80L 0.60 lb Black (Patent) Malt 0.53 lb Chocolate Malt 0.25 lb Caramel Malt - 120L 0.25 lb Caramel Malt - 40L 1.00 oz Northern Brewer [7.00%] (60 min) 1.50 oz Goldings, ... http://www.joshbrews.com/?p=229 This tastes really good. I am happy with this recipe. If I were to change anything I would mash the grain at 152-3 for 45 Minutes, then mashout at 168 for 20 minutes. I would also use Cascade Hops for every addition. I used some Chinook and Liberty hops in ... http://www.joshbrews.com/?p=228 Well the hops growing season seems to have wound down here in Florida. I picked ... 4 ounces(wet) from my Chinook plants on 06/27/2008 3/4 ounce(wet) from the Liberty plants on 07/15/2008 4 ounces(wet) from Chinook plants on 08/07/2008 1.5 ounces(wet) from Nugget plants on 08/14/2008 6 ounces (wet) from liberty plants on 08/07/2008 8 ounces(wet) ... http://www.joshbrews.com/?p=227 I bottled the APA today. I targeted 2.7 Vols of CO2 for carbonation. With a beer temperature during bottling of 69F, I calculated that I would need to 5.5 ounces of corn sugar for 5 gallons of beer. The priming solution was made with 2 cups of water plus the ... http://www.joshbrews.com/?p=226 Fermentation on this batch has slowed considerably. What is interesting is that the krausen seems to have fallen, but there is still a layer of foam on the top of the beer in the carboy. The foam looks yeasty. It may be because this batch is all grain, or it ... http://www.joshbrews.com/?p=225 The beer is currently bubbling away. The fermentation is not violent (pushing foam from the airlock), but it looks healthy. http://www.joshbrews.com/?p=224